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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
3
A column relays advice about a man who enjoyed social centrality but now shuns attention. Readers are urged to grant his partner freedom to keep interest alive, with suggestions like small favors, flowers, shared activities, and possible dancing if appropriate, to sustain the relationship.
The speaker voices agreement with a mother's view that narrowing the list is wise. The remark suggests a personal priority shift and hints at family influence on decision making.
Hollywood notes say Joe Weber and Lew Fields return as themselves in a new 20th Century Fox picture. The duo, both over 60, will perform their classic high jinks including a song and dance with Lillian Russell. Alice Faye plays Russell and will learn the routine from the legends upon return from New York.
Rumor says Warner Brothers could loan George Raft to MGM for a Norma Shearer and Raft remake of A Free Soul. The project would team Raft with Shearer in the Gable role of the gangster who wins the lawyer’s daughter, drawing strong box office interest.
The countess will play Ilona Massey in Escape, with Lillian Gish sought for Emma Ritter in the Nazi novel. Massey, known for Balalaika, will not sing a number in Escape as MGM tests her in straight dramatic work.
Gail Storm, 17, of Houston wins the titular role in Tom Brown’s School Days from producers Gene Towne and Graham Baker. The cast features Jimmy Lydon as Tom Brown, signaling a real break for both Storm and Lydon as KO IS ONE STUDIO backs rising talent.
Louis B Mayer sent six stories to Pan Berman for Sun Valley reading as Pan may launch his first MGM project Philadelphia Story with Katharine Hepburn. Orry Kelly is hospitalized after a car accident causing a broken nose. Joseph Schildkraut declines East lead in When We Dead Awaken as his Fox contract ends with a Paramount fire rumor. Charlie Ruggles charms audiences in current appearances.
An excerpt discusses medical views on relief from piles and acute indigestion. It argues that during a pile attack lying horizontal reduces venous pressure and pain, while standing on hands and knees can offer comparable or greater comfort. It cautions against misreading the stance as a universal cure.
A 20th Century Fox display recreates the Oakie camp from The Grapes of Wrath. The six acre back lot scene stands ready for visitors to view. Wesley Ruggles Jr. sends a holiday greeting from New York.
Snapshots show Jane Withers shopping for baby clothes before a Indianapolis appearance sparking a rumor of Mrs Withers pregnancy. Mickey Rooney flies to Florida for a vacation despite MGM opposition. Louise Stanley and Eddie Hillman are reported as an item at the Beverly Brown Derby. Corinne Griffith and George Marshall seen in Hollywood with diners at the Derby. Addison Randall and Alice Moore perform at Club 17. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard head to a hunting trip in Mexico. Elsa Maxwell departs Hollywood February 1 for a lecture tour titled The Science of Laughter.
A physician reports treating a fistula extending from the posterior rectal wall with a long deep incision under local anesthesia. The patient remained ambulant, resumed heavy work after a week, and recovery was perfect with internal hemorrhoids injected and obliterated.
A 14 year old boy’s blood pressure was deemed high by a doctor after a football game left him unsettled. The coach dismissed the medical advice as nonsense and the message urges removing the coach from the school for endangering the boy’s wellbeing.
The listing shows Paramount features Gulliver's Travels with Gabby and Guliver. Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton Maureen O'Hara and Cedric Hardwicke. Housekeeper's Daughter with Joan Bennett Adolphe Menjou. Law of the Pampas with William Boyd. At Palace Janet Gaynor Douglas Fairbanks Jr in The Young in Heart and Bobby Breen in Way Down South. Rialto stars Dick Powell Olivia de Havilland in Hard To Get with Otto Kruger Frieda Inescourt in Woman Is the Judge. Strand offers Four's a Crowd with Rosalind Russell Errol Flynn and Back Door to Heaven with Wallace Ford Stuart Erwin Patricia Ellis.
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